Is there a quick way to "unpivot" an Excel matrix/pivot-table (in Excel or elsewhere), without writing macros or other code ?
Again, I can write code (C# or VBA or whatever) that does that myselfs.
I want to know if it is possible to do it without code, quickly ?
E.g. I need to convert this permission matrix (given as Excel-table/matrix)
into this half-normalized table (so I can insert it into a SQL database):
e.g. in SQL I could do it like this:
CREATE TABLE dbo.T_DocumentMatrix
(
[Function] [varchar](255) NULL,
[GROUP-Admin] [varchar](255) NULL,
[GROUP-SuperUser] [varchar](255) NULL,
[GROUP-Manager] [varchar](255) NULL,
[GROUP-OLAP] [varchar](255) NULL,
[GROUP-1] [varchar](255) NULL,
[GROUP-2] [varchar](255) NULL,
[GROUP-3] [varchar](255) NULL,
[GROUP-4] [varchar](255) NULL,
[GROUP-5] [varchar](255) NULL,
[GROUP-6] [varchar](255) NULL,
[GROUP-7] [varchar](255) NULL,
[GROUP-8] [varchar](255) NULL,
[Externals] [varchar](255) NULL
);
copy-paste the data from excel, and then
SELECT *
FROM
(
SELECT
[Function]
,[GROUP-Admin]
,[GROUP-SuperUser]
,[GROUP-Manager]
,[GROUP-OLAP]
,[GROUP-1]
,[GROUP-2]
,[GROUP-3]
,[GROUP-4]
,[GROUP-5]
,[GROUP-6]
,[GROUP-7]
,[GROUP-8]
,[Externals]
FROM T_DocumentMatrix
) AS p
UNPIVOT
(
Rights FOR GroupName IN
(
[GROUP-Admin]
,[GROUP-SuperUser]
,[GROUP-Manager]
,[GROUP-OLAP]
,[GROUP-1]
,[GROUP-2]
,[GROUP-3]
,[GROUP-4]
,[GROUP-5]
,[GROUP-6]
,[GROUP-7]
,[GROUP-8]
,[Externals]
)
) AS unpvt
;
However, that requires I change the table-create script and the unpivot-script for every change in groups...
Oh, well, it's a little complicated. One of the problems is, the wizard-callup shortcuts don't work in non-english versions of excels (damn, at home I would have the English version, but here at work...)
Here's a good video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUXJLzqlEPk
But youtube videos can be deleted, so to make it a solid SO answer:
First, you need to go to "Options", and add the menuband-item "Pivot table and PivotChart Wizard".
Create a multiple consolidation pivot table
and use the custom variant
and select the range, and in new work sheet
then delete rows and columns fields
Double click on the NUMBER (54 in the picture)
and excel will give you the halfway normalized data.